Marine recruiters told not to wear uniforms in wake of shootings

Yep, you read that right. The best response the politicians in the Pentagon could come up with in response to the attack on a reserve training center
and recruiting office was to tell Marine recruiters to stop wearing their uniforms.

Another step they've taken is to simply shut down all recruiting offices within 40 miles of the attack.

Finally, they raised the force protection level to "Charlie" from "Bravo." FPCON Charlie says that "strong protective measures" are required,
either immediately following an attack or when intelligence has developed that an attack is imminent.

Apparently in this case the "strong protective measures" means "close up shop and stop wearing uniforms."

I put this in the political madness forum because it's quite obviously a political decision, and is frankly mind boggling. When I was joining and
during my time spent working with recruiters we were consistently the only ones in our "blue dress uniform." Everybody else was in either cammies or
a working uniform. To be honest I don't know if that's Corps wide policy or was specific to the recruiting command I went in with. Apparently
cammies aren't a viable option when compared to no uniform at all.

On Monday legislation has been introduced to arm military personnel, already various states took the initiative at state level.

let see how this will play with the pentagon.

Since Thursday’s shooting, the governors of Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas have all issued orders allowing the National Guard
to arm its troops at military facilities. Rep. Scott DesJarlais and Rep. Steve Cohen, both from Tennessee, reached across party lines to introduce a
similar but separate piece of legislation Monday.

Why don't they close all the mercenary recruitment centers? That would be the safest thing for the planet Earth.

Maybe they could start being truthful with prospective recruits?
1. 95% of what they tell you is a complete and total fabrication.
2. You are accepting a paycheck to go somewhere and murder people.
3. You will be the subject of medical, psychological experiments and maybe even sacrificed in a tactical false flag attack.
4. You will learn the horrifying truth only after you have sold your flesh.
5. If you can play the mind games needed to justify all this you will essentially be transformed a psychopath with suicidal, sadistic and homicidal
fantasies for the rest of your life. You can look forward to a job in law enforcement.
6. If you fail to play the mind games, you spirit will be crushed.
7. In any case, when you return, you will be discarded like trash by your owners.

If you are one of these people that enjoy military occupation, I think you will be quite happy with what is coming.

It'll stay at the Guard level most likely. But hopefully in the future if the need arises, governors will be more willing to order them armed than
they have been in the past. If the need arises being the key phrase here.

I'm not in favor of arming every last Marine, sailor, solider etc to deal with this issue. I'm in favor of some being armed, but not all.

I agree, but back to the topic, it sounds kind of funny that the best way to deal with acts of violence against military personnel working in public
places in uniform is to strip them from the uniform and even close the recruiting stations, this is like telling those planning acts of violence
against the military that is ok to kill only when they are in uniform.

I don't get the mentality behind this type of decisions.

We are in the US no some foreign country, or are we to keep bending over to please those that hate anything military or related to government.

originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
These are the same people that decry anyone who suggest something that could be rebutted with "if we do that the terrorists win"...

So where are all those people now...

That's right, letting the terrorists win.

This was my gut reaction too. And why does it seem like the same politicians who use those hackneyed phrases and make these bone -headed decisions
and have these knee-jerk reactions are the very ones who want the terrorists to win...or okay, that's maybe not quite fair, so let's just say want
the threat to keep on instilling fear. To me, they just seem cowardly.

Not unusual for the military at all, especially after they've been targeted, on home soil no less! Military members can't wear their uniform off base
overseas for fear they'll be too easy to spot and targeted so thanks to the recent killings that order is making its way home.

They should probably wear wigs as well since the haircut is a giveaway.
Remember to slouch Marines, standing upright is another sure sign of being a leatherneck,
Well, it's the first solution the Pentagon ever dreamed up that didn't cost anything

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